When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violates a clear statute designed to ensure its regulations and environmental standards receive independent scientific review, someone should sue to force the agency to follow the law. That’s exactly what Pacific Legal Foundation did when the EPA and the Department of Transportation issued regulations in 2011 to establish greenhouse gas emission and fuel efficiency standards for cars (the Car Rule) and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (the Truck Rule) without submitting either proposed rule to the federal Science Advisory Board for peer review.Both cases will be debated in federal court for the first time Friday when a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit hears oral argument in the consolidated cases.
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Friday, January 9, 2015
The EPA Is Not Above the Law
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